Intern- Data Science

EMC Insurance Companies; Iowa (LA); On-site; USD 27,552,000 - 34,440,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid internship

Mentorship program

Networking with executives

Job summary

EMC Insurance Companies offers a paid Summer 2027 internship in Strategic Analytics to build data science solutions under close supervision. You will gather both structured and unstructured data to craft a modeling dataset, perform exploratory analysis, and share results with a supervisor for review.

You will learn EMC’s culture and functions across branches, research emerging technologies, and develop understanding of insurance operations, ratemaking, data management, and programming.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Analytical ability and problem solving.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Builds data science solutions under close supervision.
• Gathers structured and unstructured data to create a modeling dataset.
• Performs exploratory data analysis to verify data suitability and reveal patterns.
• Learns EMC and departmental culture and structure across branches.
• Researches emerging technology or innovation and makes recommendations.
• Develops understanding of insurance operations and data management.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Analytical ability

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Computer skills

Education

Data science/metrics major

Junior year completed

GPA 3.5+

Job description

Explore a variety of careers in insurance with EMC! By participating in our paid intern program, you’ll develop industry-related knowledge, enhance skills that are transferable to any professional setting and do meaningful work to help achieve our goals. Your daily responsibilities, special projects and activities will provide both structured and unstructured opportunities to help you learn and grow as a professional. When you network with executives, connect with a mentor, explore other departments and volunteer in the community, you’ll see your impact at EMC on a larger level. Plus, successful interns are invited to apply for regular full-time positions. Join us at EMC! You’re going to love it here—you can count on it.

Essential Functions

• Summer 2027 paid internship working in Strategic Analytics at EMC Insurance
• Under close supervision, builds data science solutions.
• Gathers structured and/or unstructured data to create a modeling dataset, including cleaning and pre-processing data.
• Performs exploratory data analysis to ensure the data is fit for purpose, discovers and identifies existing relationships, patterns, and trends within the data, and shares results with supervisor for review.
• Learns EMC and departmental culture, structure, and functions across branches
• Researches and makes recommendations on at least one emerging technology or innovation
• Develops understanding of insurance operations, ratemaking, statistical analysis, data management and computer programming

Education & Experience

• Data science, actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, economics, computer science, or finance major
• Completion of junior year preferred
• Interest in property casualty insurance career
• Cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Analytical ability
• Strong organizational skills
• Sound decision-making and problem-solving
• Attention to detail
• Good computer skills

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